What Do Powerhouse Electrical Repairers Do (including Their Typical Day At Work)

Job Description

Powerhouse Electrical Repairers inspect, test, repair, or maintain electrical equipment in generating stations, substations, and in-service relays. They also inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.

Other tasks include:

• Prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance.
• Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
• Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
• Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs.
• Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
• Construct, test, maintain, and repair substation relay and control systems.

We asked Powerhouse Electrical Repairers how satisfied they are with their job. Here is what they said.

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67% of them said they were satisfied with their job and 52% said they find that their job makes the world a better place or helps to make someone else’s life better.

Typical Day At Work

On a daily basis, Powerhouse Electrical Repairers prepare and maintain records detailing tests, repairs, and maintenance. They inspect and test equipment and circuits to identify malfunctions or defects, using wiring diagrams and testing devices such as ohmmeters, voltmeters, or ammeters.

A typical day for an Electrical and Electronics Repairer of Powerhouse, Substation and Relay will also include:

• Analyze test data to diagnose malfunctions, to determine performance characteristics of systems, or to evaluate effects of system modifications.
• Consult manuals, schematics, wiring diagrams, and engineering personnel to troubleshoot and solve equipment problems and to determine optimum equipment functioning.
• Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.
• Construct, test, maintain, and repair substation relay and control systems.
• Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.

We asked some Powerhouse Electrical Repairers a few questions to find out what else does their work day look like. Here is what we found.

	Do you have telephone conversations everyday in this job?	57% said yes
	How important is it to work in a team in this job?	38% said very important
	Do you have group discussions everyday in this job?	79% said yes
	Do you talk or work with customers everyday in this job?	14% said yes
	Do you have to deal with angry customers everyday in this job?	0% said yes
	Do you have to make decisions everyday in this job?	35% said yes

Other responsibilities

Besides their typical day, Powerhouse Electrical Repairers also repair, replace, and clean equipment and components such as circuit breakers, brushes, and commutators. They may also maintain inventories of spare parts for all equipment, requisitioning parts as necessary.

On a weekly to monthly basis, Powerhouse Electrical Repairers Open and close switches to isolate defective relays, performing adjustments or repairs. They might also Test insulators and bushings of equipment by inducing voltage across insulation, testing current, and calculating insulation loss.

In addition, they Run signal quality and connectivity tests for individual cables, and record results.

Although specific duties may vary, many of them Schedule and supervise splicing or termination of cables in color-code order.

To some Powerhouse Electrical Repairers, it is also their responsibility to Notify facility personnel of equipment shutdowns.

Working life

Standard 40 hour work week

Irregular work schedule that changes depending on weather conditions, customer demand or contract duration.

In a typical work week as an Electrical and Electronics Repairer of Powerhouse, Substation and Relay, you can expect to work 40 hour work week.

Is this right for me

People who are suitable for this job tends to like work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They like working with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery..

They also like following set procedures and routines. They like working with data and details more than with ideas.

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